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2023 Best Health & Physical Education Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

40 Colleges
$41,648 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health & Physical Education Master's Degree School for You

Health & Physical Education is the #30 most popular major in the country with 9,742 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Health & Physical Education Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 40 schools in the Southwest Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for phys ed majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best Health & Physical Education Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Southern Methodist University to be the best school for health and physical education students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great place for health and physical education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Tarleton State University

Stephenville, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tarleton State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Tarleton is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Stephenville.

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#4

Baylor University

Waco, TX

The excellent master’s degree programs at Baylor University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best health and physical education schools in the Southwest Region . Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Waco.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best health and physical education schools in the Southwest Region . UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

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West Texas A&M University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. West Texas A&M University is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Canyon.

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Texas Woman’s University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Southern Nazarene University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Health & Physical Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large suburb of Bethany, SNU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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#9

Lamar University

Beaumont, TX

Lamar University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree health and physical education programs. Lamar University is a large public school located in the midsize city of Beaumont.

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University of North Texas landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree health and physical education programs. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best Health & Physical Education Colleges by State

Explore the best health and physical education schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 812
Arizona 18
Oklahoma 268
New Mexico 25

Health & Physical Education is one of 4 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Recreation Administration 441
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 206
Other Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 35
Outdoor Education 28

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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